Tag holder



A. AVERY.

-TAG HOLDER. "APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 1922.

Patented Dec. 12,1922.

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I one of the tag holders Patented Dec. l2, i922.

rarest Application filed August 7, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN AVERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crawfordville, county of Crittenden and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag Holders; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the My invention relates to improvements in tag holders for use in attaching tags to shelves, table tops, desk tops, or to packages containing goods, in which it is desired to have a cheap and conveniently and quickly detachable and quickly removable tag holder. It is also to provide an arrangement to which the tag itself may be quickly and conveniently attached or removed when desired; and which requires no auxiliary fastening means.

My invention will be more fully understood after reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown a series of tag holders as applied to the edge of a shelf or table. Like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 shows in perspective the table with merchandise stored thereon, with tags attached to the edge of the table, the table and merchandise being indicated in dotted lines, and the tags and tag holders being shown in full lines;

Figure 2 shows an end view of a shelf with attached thereto, the shelf and the tag holder being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 3 shows the tag holder in the removed position in which the resilient spring arms are more or less contracted, the extent of such contraction being indicated. by the width of the shelf, shown in dotted lines, from which the tag holder is presumed to have been removed; and

Figure st shows a modified form of tag holder.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 3:

A. represents the tag holder which may be attached to the table B or the shelf B, or other article of furniture to which such tag holders are applicable. The tag holder A comprises a single )iece of resilient wire, or may be made of a at strip of resilient metal TAG HOLDER.

Serial No. 580,172.

if desired, which tag holder is preferably provided, with a straight front edge a adapted to lie flat against the edge of the shelf or table, which edge terminates in two resilient arms, the upper arm being straight as at 01', to form an upper gripping member, the free end of which preferably terminates in a short prong a bent downwards to hook into the table or shelf and prevent the device from slipping forward. The lower arm is bent as at a a a and a and terminates in a hook having a. pointed end 6%, the front side a of said hook being somewhat shorter than the rear side, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Thus, this tag holder will engage the table or shelf or the like top and bottom and grip same.

When in the removed position, the resilient arms of the tag holder are pressed slightly toward each other, owing to the elasticity of the metal, but when inserted over the edge of the shelf or table these arms spread apart and the resiliency of the metal causes them to grip the edge of the table, desk, or shelf, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position they form convenient supports for tags or the like.

It will be seen that when the tag holder is mounted in the position shown in Fig. 2, the tag may be suspended either from the hook at, or the tag supporting means may engage in the recess a If desired, two tags may be supplied, one above the other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

I have shown the tags C as provided with a supporting eye, but a string, wire, hook or the like may be used in connection with each individual tag for the convenient suspension of the same from the tag holder.

In the modification shown in Figure 4c, the lower arm of the tag holder A is generally similar to that shown in the other figures, but the upper arm is the horizontal plane as at 0. and terminates in a lateral prong a. This upper arm lies flat on the. table or shelf and presents an. attractive appearance. Moreover, it will be less liable to scratch the furniture than would the simpler form of device shown in Figs. 1 to 3. Moreover, in this modification the rounded edge a engages the lower side of the shelf or table, instead of the hook on and this prevents the scratching of the surface of the said shelf or table.

Having thus described my invention, what bent in zigzag form in I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A tag holder in the form of aelip com posed of a single strip of resilient metal having a substantially straight central portion terminating in two inwardly directed resilient arms, the lower arm terminating in a vertically disposed U-shaped hook, and the upper arm having its free end bent downwards to form a hook.

2. A tag holder in the form of a clip composed of asingle Wire or strip of resilient metal bent to form a loop, having a straight central portion and two gripping arms, the upper arm being adapted to lie along the surface of a shelfor table, and the lower arm being bent to form a notch near its front portion and its free end terminating in a hook, the said notch and hook being adapted to receive the suspension means for i a tag or the like.

ALLEN AVERY. 

